not sure why we're one of the only Charger fansites w/o a dedicated year round draft forum ?? and am sure this thread will quickly whither and recede, and.... per usual gonna throw a coupla few out there:

QB Jarrett Stidham, Lamar Jackson * given that we've brought in Eli Jenkins, gotta think that Jackson will be a consideration in next year's draft, and.... suspecting that Stidham is the real deal.
RB Tre Watson * think this season will go to show that we will be wanton for a D Woodhead replacement.
WR Robert Foster, Cedrick Wilson, Deon Cain, Torii Hunter * thinkin' someone is gonna be needed to fill a Travis Benjamin departure.TE * prolly'll be someone enticing enough to consider, and suspecting that Gates (along w/Mebane and Slauson) will be stickin' around for one last shot at a SB in '018.
OT Austin Corbett, Tyrell Crosby * these two aren't getting much love yet, and.... likin' what I see.
OC Billy Price * doubt we'd go interior lineman next year given our depth to date, albeit liked this guy this year and will prolly like him next as well.
DT Vita Vea, Matt Elam, Lowell Lotulelei * huge if not No. 1 priority in next year's draft.
DE Henry Mondeaux * looks like he'd be a good pal for Bosa.
OLB Dorance Armstrong * not sure if he's the guy, albeit we've gotta be lookin' at this position me thinx.
WILL Marquis Haynes * one of those guys that just looks football player good.
S Dexter Wright, Nick Washington, Trey Marshall, Evan Berry, Tyree Robinson * like the last guy here quite a bit.
CB Brandon Facyson, Derwin James * liked Facyson coming out this year, albeit he held back 'til next year's draft.

WR Dontrelle Inman, OG Matt Slauson, NT Star Lotulelei, DE Aaron Lynch, FS Andre Hal * Morgan Moses signed a longterm contract, so these are the guys I'd have my eye on for next offseason.

I have no idea about the kind of defense the Miami Hurricanes ran, and how similar to or different it is from what the Chargers will be implementing under Gus Bradley.

But ever since the draft, the talk from the team about Jenkins has
centered on how great a fit he is for the 'Kam Chancellor' role in Bradley's 'D'.

System fit can make a world of difference. I haven't seen much evidence in the past that Telesco is shrewd in this regard-- drafting scheme fits that weren't necessarily stars in college-- but the talk suggests that this is what the Chargers were thinking in taking Jenkins.

Mister Swede

07-25-2017 01:38 PM

Re: Draft '018

GM Swede's very early 2018 Chargers mock draft...

1 - S - Ronnie Harrison - 6'2"/215 - Alabama

2 - OT - Trey Adams - 6'7"/315 - Washington

3 - DL - Harrison Phillips - 6'3"/290 - Stanford

4 - LB - Tegray Scales - 6'0"/230 - Indiana

5 - WR - Janarion Grant - 5'9"/175 - Rutgers

6 - RB - Chase Edmonds - 5'9"/200 - Fordham

7 - TE - David Wells - 6'4"/255 - San Diego State

Except for Wells, it's all about production. You can check their stats at sports reference. Except for the Fordham kid. You can find his stats elsewhere. They only do D-1. But I got my 4 schools in this draft... They would be of course... Indiana, Stanford, San Diego State and Syracuse. Doh ! No Syracuse this year. So I substituted Fordham for Syracuse. Got to have a New York team in there. I could just as easily put Syracuse's Irvin Phillips instead of Chase Edmonds. But he doesn't run the ball much at all. And at 180 I think he's a little light in the pants for the job anyway. He did have over 80 catches last year mostly out of the backfield. He could play slot receiver as well. NFL Draft Scout actually rates Chase Edmonds ahead of the Penny kid from San Diego State. I don't understand why everyone is sleeping on Penny. He's a solid 2nd rounder to me. I'd love to have them but we don't need him right now.

Martyball

07-26-2017 02:55 PM

Re: Draft '018

Quote:

Originally Posted by forrest overin
(Post 5647512)

I have no idea about the kind of defense the Miami Hurricanes ran, and how similar to or different it is from what the Chargers will be implementing under Gus Bradley.

But ever since the draft, the talk from the team about Jenkins has
centered on how great a fit he is for the 'Kam Chancellor' role in Bradley's 'D'.

System fit can make a world of difference. I haven't seen much evidence in the past that Telesco is shrewd in this regard-- drafting scheme fits that weren't necessarily stars in college-- but the talk suggests that this is what the Chargers were thinking in taking Jenkins.

Charger Dbacks coach, after OT's, said that the Jenkins pick "was a gem".

Bradley said that he loves how Jenkins ran with the Charger Tight ends.

His taped speed shows up; he had a poor 3 cone time - but i saw him turn and run with a receiver on an in route that impressed; he missed a few tackles & made one positioning error that lead to a td; often played deep - will play closer to the scrimmage in the NFL.

well draftwise, we've got two flat tires w/Williams and now w/Lamp. was never happy w/the Williams pick as considered him thee riskiest pick posited by the pundits, and re: Forrest, he def caught my eye early on in the draft process, before he played against Alambama and while he sat slotted somewhere around the seventh round/undrafted free agent, and however intrigued I was by the guy, just couldn't get my head around making him a lineman of choice, and.... arguably he wasn't a bad pick, and in my hindsight draft, the guy I mighta taken was Ahkello Witherspoon, who like Kareem Hunt a round later, were both taken a round or two early by most accounts.

Feeney on the other hand, I had as high as ten overall to Az early on, and pretty much bought into him as an NFL staple on the line, albeit again thought we were pretty good on the interior w/Slauson, Pulley and Tuerk, the latter of which has seemingly been a surprise/disappointment, as in theory it shoulda been him that Feeney was battling to replace and not Lamp, who me thinks is gonna have his best shot next season @RT, as don't think anyone is gonna displace Feeney from RG, once he wins the starting nod.

would be sorta odd to have both Tuerk and Lamp as backups, and could certainly pan out that way ??

beachcomber

08-05-2017 11:12 AM

Re: Draft '018

taking a quick look at training camps and the such, my pal Malik may be out for the season after suffering injuries in a car incident.... Ramczyk is penciled in to be the starting LT for the Saints, mainly due to Terron Armstead's injury.... the Ahkello Witherspoon highlight reel is so far topped by getting trucked by Carlos Hyde on a goal line drill, and Kareem Hunt is pretty much killing it for the Chiefs, catching the ball outta the backfield and blocking, as guessing no one would be complaining if we drafted him (too bad he didn't last 'til the fourth).